Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:22:45 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make main.c Message-ID: <20010426092245.A7582@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20010425095922.A57959@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:59:22AM -0700 References: <200104251422.f3PEMdc86531@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010425095922.A57959@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:59:22AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 07:22:38AM -0700, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > Modified files:
> > usr.bin/make main.c
> > Log:
> > Make ${.OBJDIR} canonical.
>
> I don't quite understand what this change is. Could you explain it in a
> little more depth along with answering the "why" question?
>
This is documented in the make(1) manpage.
Previously, make(1) only canonicalized ${.CURDIR} but not ${.OBJDIR}.
Now ${.CURDIR} != ${.OBJDIR} test works not only syntactically, but
physically. This somehow relates to the recent `cleandir' problem.
Cheers,
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